Parshas Behar 5779

By Shai Mandel | May 16, 2019

Keeping Focused On Our Mission By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Jews are expected to avoid enslaving themselves at all costs. In Parshas […]

Sefiras Ha’omer 5779

By Shai Mandel | May 9, 2019

What It Means to Count By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) During the weeks between Pesach and Shavuos, there is a command to […]

Parshas Emor 5779

By Shai Mandel | May 9, 2019

Continuing the Giving of Torah By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Emor, the holidays Pesach and Sukkos are listed by name, […]

Pesach 5779

By Shai Mandel | April 4, 2019

How Pesach Brings Us Closer To Hashem By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Torah commands us that on the night of the […]

Parshas Tazria  5779

By Shai Mandel | April 4, 2019

The Torah’s Remedy for Vanity By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah Tzaraas is a spiritual disease roughly translated as “leprosy.” It comes as a […]

Parshas Shemini 5779

By Shai Mandel | March 28, 2019

Navigating the Jewish People’s Course By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) During the inauguration of the Mishkan, Aharon’s sons Nadav and Avihu were […]

Parshas Tzav 5779

By Shai Mandel | March 20, 2019

The Far-Reaching Effects Of Thoughts By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In this week’s parsha, we learn about the korban olah and the […]

Purim 5779!!!

By Shai Mandel | March 14, 2019

Why Read the Whole Megila? By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The sages (Megila 19a) differ as to where a person must begin […]

Parshas Vayikra 5779

By Shai Mandel | March 14, 2019

What a Person Cannot Forget By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) When a person commits a sin b’shogeig (as a result of forgetfulness), […]

Purim 5779

By Shai Mandel | March 7, 2019

Why the Joy of Purim Starts So Early  By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The sages state (Taanis 29a) that “when the month […]